# Upington Airport (UTN / FAUP)

**Upington Airport** (IATA: UTN, ICAO: FAUP) is a medium airport in Upington, Northern Cape, South Africa. It opened in 1968. It has 3 runways; the longest is 4,900 m (16,076 ft). It is operated by Airports Company South Africa.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/faup

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: UTN / FAUP
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Airports Company South Africa
- Serves: Upington, Northern Cape, South Africa
- Opened: 1968 (Wikipedia)
- Elevation: 848 m / 2,782 ft
- Coordinates: -28.4002, 21.2636
- Runways: 3
- Longest runway: 4,900 m / 16,076 ft
- Time zone: UTC+2 · Africa/Johannesburg
- Website: https://www.airports.co.za/airports/upington-international-airport
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upington_Airport (11 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1027555
- Weather station: FAUP · WMO 68424
- Ident: FAUP

## Timeline

- 1968: Upington Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 17/35 | 4,900 m / 16,076 ft | 60 m / 197 ft | Asphalt | 153° / 333° | yes |
| 01/19 | 2,438 m / 7,998 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt |  | yes |
| 08/26 | 834 m / 2,736 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 059° / 239° | yes |

## Routes

2 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (2)

- [CPT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fact.md) Cape Town International Airport · South Africa · 669 km / 416 mi · Airlink
- [JNB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/faor.md) O.R. Tambo International Airport · South Africa · 734 km / 456 mi · Airlink

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from UTN, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (1)

- 4Z [Airlink](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/airlink) · 2

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 4,900 m / 16,076 ft | #4 of 29,858 | #1 in Africa | #1 in ZA |
| Elevation | 848 m / 2,782 ft | =6,056 of 43,403 | #1,379 in Africa | #316 in ZA |
| Age | Opened 1968 | =5,887 of 15,079 | =74 in Africa | #8 in ZA |
| Runways | 3 | =151 of 29,978 | =6 in Africa | =4 in ZA |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | APP | 121.300 |
| MISC | APRON OFFICE | 122.650 |
| TWR | TWR | 121.300 |

## Nearby airports

- [ZA-0262](https://dromopedia.com/airports/za-0262.md) Vaalkoppies Settlement Airport · 9.3 km / 5.8 mi
- [ZA-0362](https://dromopedia.com/airports/za-0362.md) Klippunt Airstrip · 24 km / 15 mi
- [ZA-0363](https://dromopedia.com/airports/za-0363.md) Karos Airstrip · 31 km / 20 mi
- [ZA-0263](https://dromopedia.com/airports/za-0263.md) Namakwari Safaris Airport · 54 km / 34 mi
- [FAVS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/favs.md) Vastrap Airport · 72 km / 45 mi
- [FAKK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fakk.md) Kakamas Airport · 76 km / 47 mi

## In collections

- [Longest runways](https://dromopedia.com/collections/longest-runways) #4

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Upington Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Upington_Airport&oldid=1363084817), revision of 7 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/faup/data